I was wondering if it was possible with Origin 8.0 to plot a function where the usual roles of "x" and "y" are reversed. For example, I'd like to plot
f(y) = exp(-y^2)
so that I have a gaussian that's running along the y-axis. I need this to build a more complex figure and could not figure out how to do this.
Another thing I tried was just to plot f(x) = exp(-x^2) and paste it into another graph. I was hoping that it would be possible to rotated the pasted image by 90 degrees, but could not find how to do this.
If you merely need to make such a plot, just plot the usual y = f(x) and from the Graph menu, choose Exchange X-Y Axes.
This Exchange is a layer property so even if you mix this into a multi-layer graph, the Exchange will still work. The only catch is that this is a layer property so all plots in the layer will have such Exchange.
equation with y as independent variable
Posted - 07/18/2008 : 2:43:13 PM
